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单词 barges
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barge

1 of 2

noun

ˈbärj How to pronounce barge (audio)
: any of various boats: such as
a
: a roomy usually flat-bottomed boat used chiefly for the transport of goods on inland waterways and usually propelled by towing
b
: a large motorboat supplied to the flag officer of a flagship
c
: a roomy pleasure boat
especially : a boat of state elegantly furnished and decorated

barge

2 of 2

verb

barged; barging

transitive verb

: to carry by barge

intransitive verb

1
: to move ponderously or clumsily
2
: to thrust oneself heedlessly or unceremoniously
barged into the meeting

Synonyms

Verb

  • clump
  • flog [British]
  • flounder
  • galumph
  • lumber
  • lump
  • plod
  • pound
  • scuff
  • scuffle
  • shamble
  • shuffle
  • slog
  • slough
  • stamp
  • stomp
  • stumble
  • stump
  • tramp
  • tromp
  • trudge
See all Synonyms & Antonyms

Example Sentences

Verb He came rushing down the stairs, barging into the crowd of people at the bottom. She barged through the door without even knocking.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The French barge season runs from April through October. Dan Fellner, The Arizona Republic, 4 Aug. 2022 Digitalization can help transportation organizations like barge operators plan and replan in the face of droughts and other unplanned events that could delay shipments. Susan Galer, Forbes, 4 Aug. 2022 Uwe’s father was a barge worker in the port of Hamburg who had previously played for the Hamburg soccer team, and his mother was a homemaker. Phil Davison, Washington Post, 22 July 2022 Toorak said getting her car to the village will require a barge shipment across the Arctic Ocean, adding more than $4,500. Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 28 June 2022 The man was rescued by a barge downriver near Eva Bandman Park and transported to the University of Louisville Hospital with minor injuries, Mitchell said. Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 6 June 2022 The grant will fund improvements to the Alabama Tennessee Riverway (ATN), a stretch of track about 120 miles long extending from Birmingham to the rail barge terminal at the Port of Guntersville. William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 2 June 2022 Federal infrastructure money also could help develop a system of barge transport to move goods up and down the West Coast, officials said. San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2022 Some barge operators can’t get fuel out of storage onto vessels operating along the Rhine River, a major conduit for supplies from northwest Europe to buyers as far away as Switzerland. Rachel Graham, Bloomberg.com, 4 Feb. 2022
Verb
The boats have grown so vast that some owners place unique works of art outside the elevator on each deck, so that lost guests don’t barge into the wrong stateroom. Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022 Another turn for a contemporary rapper to barge into the mid-century action, with a song Curry co-wrote with Jamieson Shaw, who has worked with Luhrmann on several films before. Chris Willman, Variety, 17 June 2022 Dorfman spends a lot of time setting up the story’s underlying tensions at a dinner party that eventually erupts into violence, right before three masked men barge into the house and start tormenting the guests. Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2022 After the door opens, a group of officers barge in, yelling commands. Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 17 Feb. 2022 The tugboat and barge that ran aground in Deerfield Beach and Boca Raton, respectively, Thursday night have been removed, according to the U.S. Coast Guard, and the beaches have fully reopened. Austen Erblat, sun-sentinel.com, 6 Feb. 2022 Two-Face's whole role is to barge into scenes with a machine gun. Darren Franich, EW.com, 27 Jan. 2022 However, the music quickly shifts away from nostalgia and morphs into something new as the Martinez Brothers — the DJ duo from the Bronx — barge in with sudden flashes of sudden hi-def house. Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2022 The door seemed open for Djokovic to barge through and set a seemingly unassailable mark for major wins, right as his fiercest rivals seemed to be fading. Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 16 Jan. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin barca

First Known Use

Noun

13th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1649, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Kids Definition

barge 1 of 2

noun

ˈbärj How to pronounce barge (audio)
: a broad boat with a flat bottom used chiefly in harbors and on rivers and canals

barge

2 of 2

verb

barged; barging
: to move or push in a fast and often rude way
He barged through the crowd.

barges 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of barge
as in shuffles
to move heavily or clumsily the big man barged into the room

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • shuffles
  • stomps
  • sloughs
  • stumbles
  • hauls
  • tramps
  • stumps
  • lumps
  • clumps
  • lumbers
  • lurches
  • pounds
  • flounders
  • shambles
  • scuffles
  • drags
  • stamps
  • weaves
  • trudges
  • plods
  • tromps
  • flogs
  • slogs
  • staggers
  • scuffs
  • galumphs
  • flops
  • sways
  • waddles
  • reels
  • dodders
  • wabbles
  • blunders
  • totters
  • careens
  • teeters
  • wobbles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • slides
  • floats
  • glides
  • waltzes
  • whisks
  • drifts
  • coasts
  • breezes
  • hangs
  • hovers
  • wafts
  • poises
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barges

2 of 2

noun

plural of barge
as in freighters

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • freighters
  • tankers
  • steamships
  • warships
  • steamers
  • supertankers
  • ships
  • ferryboats
  • containerships
  • boats
  • colliers
  • transports
  • ironclads
  • lightships
  • liners
  • argosies
  • merchantmen
  • cutters
  • cruisers
  • traders
  • tramps
  • corvettes
  • watercrafts
  • motor ships
  • flagships
  • merchant ships
  • icebreakers
  • aircraft carriers
  • keels
  • packets
  • superliners
  • men-of-war
  • coasters
  • destroyers
  • vessels
  • brigantines
  • yachts
  • brigs
  • schooners
  • men-o'-war
  • barques
  • sailboats
  • ketches
  • windjammers
  • caravels
  • barks
  • tall ships
  • junk
  • clippers
  • xebecs
  • square-riggers
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